Torque Control of 8 Motors with S7-1200

Hello everyone,

I would like to individually control 8 Brushless DC motors with the S7-1200 1214C DC/DC/DC. I want to use these motors to tighten 8 knobs to a certain torque. They have 8 count hall effect sensors.

Does anyone know if this task feasible with the 1214C? I've read that I can control 4 drivers/motors with PWM. Is there any way that I can control 8? Is torque control possible?

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Thank you

Hello,

If you use vfd, you can monitor torque as feedback of vfd, then make control that in program, but maybe there is a more precise way such a torque sensor that I don't know. 

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